Archive for the ‘ NAMES AT SPOTLIGHT ’ Category

CANDOMBE

The group Canbombe proposes to take you on a hypothetical trip through Cuba, Brazil until Buenos Aires to rediscover the traditional latin-american culture. The music, which is composed and arranged by Silvio Zalambani, is inspired by many characteristic styles of these countries, of which it underlines their european and above all common african origin. The [ READ MORE ]

THE SECRET ACCOUSTIC PROJECT – the video

The soft Slow Slide by The Secret Acoustic Project featuring various shots of street art taken around Dublin[ READ MORE ]

ARE THEY SO SECRET?

The Accoustic Secret Project is a band based in Ireland – as they said, just playing acoustic guitars. Formed late 2009. Currently in pre-production stages of first EP and gigging around Dublin. Their names: Louie Trussell, Rybo, John McCausland. There is no more infomation, except the phrase “I’m the richest homeless man in town”. Nothing [ READ MORE ]

DJANGO A LA CREOLE

One of the consequences of the flooding of New Orleans in 2005, was the exodus of its population, including musicians who lived in the most affected. The city was in crisis and its reconstruction would take a long time, not only by the pace of construction, but the return of investors in local show business. [ READ MORE ]

MALI BRINGS US: SIDI TOURÉ

Sidi Touré (born 1959, Gao, Northern Mali) is a singer/songwriter from Bamako, Mali. His music is a type of songhaï blues. He started his carrier in the Sonhaï Stars, a regional orchestra. In 1984 he won the Award of best singer with a song of his own hand at a Mali National Bienale. He won [ READ MORE ]

PAS – POST ABORTION STRESS

PAS (Post Abortion Stress) is a group out to create musical collages through the form of abstract sound. Our name refers metaphorically to those who have been aborted by society, because their point of view doesn’t fit in the constraints of “normal” society. The short name refers to the negative in French, metaphorically negating everything [ READ MORE ]

MASTERS OF REALITY

Both improvisation and rhythm have always been major components of the unmistakable Masters of Reality sound. But on their fifth release for Mascot Records, ‘Pine/Cross Dover’ (which was released August 24, 2009), the group pits the finer elements of the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Public Image Limited against each other. The end result? A Masters of Reality [ READ MORE ]

The music that’s kicking his butt

 good stuff! Music That’s Kicking My Butt at the Moment: We Were Promised Jetpacks, Mumford & Sons March 12, 2010 by DMc CHECK this post @ KENWOODE: [ READ MORE ]

ETERNAL BUZZ BRASS BAND

WE PLAY PARADES AND SHOWS. (we also clean up real nice for recordings and private parties) WE’RE OUT OF BROOKLYN, BUT WE’RE ALL OVER THE PLACE. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN MEMBERS OF THIS BAND PLAYING IN OTHER, MORE WELL KNOWN BANDS, (like Antibalas, Davy Jones Band/Monkees, Arcade Fire, Steely Dan, Imogene Heap, as well as [ READ MORE ]

A COLLECTIVE DIVING INTO THE SOUND

The Animal Collective have released, at the Sundance Festival, the visual album The Oddsac directed by Danny Perez. This is another work of the band which isn’t an unknown indie band, but still very faraway to be superstars of pop-music. I’m afraid to say that they never will be, just because they think music in [ READ MORE ]

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